Coin-controlled ticket printing and delivering scale



July 17, 1928.

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UNITED STATES 1,677,827 P-ATNT OFFICE.

GUSTAV HOCHRIEM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO RHODES-HOCHRIEMMANUFACTURING CO., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COIN-CONTROLLED TICKET PRINTING AND DELIVERING SC'ALE.

Application filed March 11, 1926. Serial No; 93,981.

This invention relates to improvements in coin-controlledticket-printing and delivering scales, and refers more particularly toimprovements in the general type of scale in which a coin is inserted toactuate various mechanisms for printing on a ticket the weight: of aperson standing upon the scale platform. which ticket is subsequentlycompletely ejected by manipulation of a handle which simultaneouslyfunctions to release the ticket and restore the mechanism to normalposition for the next operation.

The present invention contemplates that the weight recording dial willbe actuated to printing position by the Weight of a person stepping uponthe scale platform. The insertion 'of a coin then trips variousmechanisms which causc'a hammer to descend to impress the weightopposite the dial recording mechanism and simultaneouslypartiallyejecting said ticket. The ticket is then completely ejected and themechanism restored to normal position by actuation of the lever.

hen the machine is idle, this manually operated lever is locked againstmovement and the coin slot is opened. -After the in sertion of a coin.the coin slot is then closed and the manually operated lever releasedfor-operation. I am aware that heretofore many types of coin-operatedticket-printing and delivering scales have been developed and placed incommercial use, but I believe I am the first to incorporate variousfeatures which will be hereinafter more particularly brought out.

It will aid in the understanding of the machine if a brief descriptionis made of its chief features of' operation. The person desiring to beweighed steps upon the scale platform which moves downwardly slightly,communicating with a pair of springs and upright rod which balances thepersons weight. The downward movement of said rod is communicated to avertically movable rack in mcsh'with a small pinion on a printing wheelof considerable diameter, having on its periphery numerals beginningwith, say. 20. and running up to. say, 300, defining the weighingcapacity of the scale in pounds avnirdupois. The printing wheel beginsto turn as soon as the person steps upon the plat form and oscillatessomewhat just before coming to rest. A pointer rotated throughfrictional engagement with the periphery of descent of this firstmentioned lever releases the printing hammer for gravitational fallaided by a spring, and when the hammer falls, it communicates motion tothe ticket feeder to carry it back into position to feed forward anotherticket. The falling of the first mentioned lever moves a latch Whichreleases a lever having a weight on one end, and gravitational tiltingof this weighted lever carries the previously operated lever upward intoits original position Where it becomes caught for the next weighingoperation and at the same time the weighted lever moves and holds out ofthe way a catch which has been holding up a lever co-operating with amanually operated handle. The downward movement of the Weighted leveralso forces downwardly a rod communicating with the closure plate forthe manually operated lever and the coin slot opening. Normally, thisclosure plate prevents the manually operated leverfrom beingmanipulated. The falling of this rod coincident with the falling of theWeighted lever causes said locking plate to rock from looking engagementwith the manually operated lever to a position closing the coin slotopening and releasing the manually operated lever. The raising of thefirst mentioned lever restores the hammer to normal raised position andpartially ejects the ticket.

In order to completely eject the ticket and restore the mechanism tonormal position-for the next weighing operation, the manually operatedlever is forced downwardly, which releases a catch holding the ticketand allows same to be fully ejected and simultaneously restores themechanism to normal suspended position. This manually operated lever re"turns to its normal position, aided by a spring, when the hand pressureis released.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a front elevational view, and Fig.

2 is a rear elevational View of a weighing away and the front door beingopened for the purpose of deafness;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view, partly in-section,illustrating the assembly in the upper part of the scale, the machinebeing in normal position;

Fig. 4 is a similar enlarged elevational view with certain parts of thecasing and supporting structure omitted for the purpose of clearness,illustrating the position of the mechanisms when the hammer has reachedits lowest point of descent;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the. catch for maintaining thegravity operated upright lever in suspended position;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged elcvational View looking at the mechanism mountedon the back of the plate from the rear of the machine.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, illustrating the arrangement of themechanism after the manually operated handle has been manipulated andbefore said handle has been restored to normal position;

Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the mechanism in normal position;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged perspective view, illustrating theco-operative'engagement between the projections of two levers;

Fig. 10 is a side elevational view, partly in vertical section, of theupper part of the machine;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged side elevational View. partly in verticalsection,illustrating the mechanism for normally holding the printed,ticket in partially ejected position;

Fig. 12 is a similar view, illustrating the mechanism for releasing theticket so that it can be completely ejected;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged elevational View, partly in vertical section,illustrating the manually operated handle mechanism;

Fig. 14 is a cross sectional view taken on line 141-14 of Fig. 13, inwhich the locking plate is illustrated as locking the lever, the coinslot being open;

Fig. 15 is a similar view to Fig. 14:, illustrating the rocking of theplate tosimultaneously release the manually operated handle and closethe coin slot;

Fig. 16 is a cross-sectional view through the pin illustrated in Figs.14 and 15;

Fig. 17 is an elevational view, illustrating the opening in the cabinetto permit travel of the manually operated handle;

Fig. 18 is an enlar ed front elevational View, partly in verticasection, illustrating the ticket mechanism and ticket ejector and themeans for insuring proper travel of the ticket, and

Fig. 19 is acrosssectional View taken on line 19-19 of Fig. 18.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, 1 designates a cabinet orhousing, which may be provided with the stationary base 2, movable orstationary front wall 3, and upper A movable platform 9 is mounted onthe stationary base 2. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 8, the mechanism isin normal position. \Vhen a person steps ontheinovahle scale platform 9,it is moved downwardly. This downward movement is communicated to anupright rod 10 which may be provided intermediate its length with theweight adjusting mechanism 11 and cushioning dashpot 12. At its upperend, this upright rod 10 may be adjustably connected with a cross arm 13connected on both ends with the weight adjusting springs 14. Mechanismis shown diagrammatically at 15 for adjusting the relation between theupright rod 10 and the crossbar 13. wardly from the crossbar 13,terminating in a rack 17 (Fig. 2) adapted to mesh with a pinion 18mounted on shaft 19, which also carries the printing Wheel 20 having onits periphery raised characters indicating pounds and running from, say,20 to 300, more or less. The shaft 19 is 'journaled in the ball bearings21 mounted on the rear of the plate-like main support 8 and in the frontis mounted in a front bracket or frame 22 secured to the plate 18. Itwill thus be clear that when a person steps on the scale platform 9, thesprings 14 will be extended. the rack bar 16 drawn downwardly, and theprinting wheel 20 turned on its axis, the strength of the spring beingso co-ordinated with the numbers on the printing wheel that the correctnumber indicating the weight of the person standing on the scaleplatform will be directly at the top of the printing wheel when thebalance is reached.

A friction disc contacts the periphery of the printing wheel 20, whichdisc is operatively associated with the pointer 23 on dial 24. Inpractice this pointer 23 oscillates until the printing wheel has reacheda balanced position, at which time the pointer 23 will be stationary andthe machine is ready for the insertion of a coin, through the coin slotopening'25. This coin slot opening 25 communicates with the coin chute26 (Fig. 4). A coin trip lever 27 has one end projecting through thecoin chute so that it will be tripped by the weight of the falling coin.This coin trip lever is pivotally mounted at 28 on the stationarybracket 29 which may be connected by means of the pins or rivets 30 toany part of iti the cabinet 1. An upwardly projecting curved stud 31 isalso keyed on the pivot shaft 32 adapted to pivot with the coin lever:28.

For the-purpose of adjusting the balance vmaintained on said coin lever27, I provide the weights 33, adjusting screw 34 and elongated slot 35.The arrangement is such that the weight can be moved forward or backwardon the inner end of the cointrip lever to regulate the balance. Alsopivotally mounted on the bracket 29 at the end thereof is a stub lever36 provided adjacent its pivoted end with a dog 37. This lever 36 ispivoted at 38, as shown more clearly in Figs. 4 and 5. to the bracket29. "When the machine is in normal position, the dog 37 registers'with anotch 39 cut in the edge of a. vertical gravity-operated lever 40. Thearrangement is such that the downward movement of one end of the cointrip lever 27. caused by the weight of a descending coin, will cause thedog 31 to rockupwardly to contact the stub lever 36 and release the dog37 from engagement with the notch 39. This release causes the rod 40 tofall, due. to its own weight. The upper end of the rod 40 has pivotalconnection, as shown at t], with a transverse lever 42, pivoted at 4: 3on the plate-like main support 8. The dmvnward movement of the long endof the lever 42, due to the downward movement of the rod 40, will causeits short end to rock upwardly, thus causing the upright rod 44, whichhas pivotal connection, as shown at 45, with the opposite end of lever42, to he pushed upwardly. This upright rod 44 at its upper end haspivotal connection at 46 with a hell crank lever 47 which is pivoted at48 on the same shaft as the hammer 49. A stud 50 projects outwardly fromthe surface of one of the arms'forming the bell crank lever, thefunction of which will now be explained. its clearly shown in Fig. 3illustrating the normal position of the variousmechanisms, this stud 56contacts a projection 51 on the hammer located beyond the point ofpivotal connection 4.8. When the machine is in i'iorinal position, thecontacting of this stud .3!) with the projection 51 on the hammerrauses'said hammer to be forced into raised position. Conversely, as therod 44 is pushed upwardly, the stud 50 is moved from ngagement with theextension 51 of the litilltliit*l"..tl'1US allowing said hammer to havea gravitational fall aided by the spring 52, one end or" which isanchored at 53 to the plate-like main support 8, and the other endanchored at 54% to the hammer. The other arm oi the hell crank lever 47has pivotal ngagemcnt, as shown at 55, with a transverse rod 56pivotally connected at 57 to a downwardly extending vertical rod 58.This vertical rod 58 has pivotal connection, as shown at 59, allowingpivotal movement.

on the plate-like main support 8. The lower end of this rod 58 engages areciprocating ticket-feeding sliding element shown more particularly inFigs. 18 and 19, which will now be described.

The swinging bar 58 carries on itslower end an arm 60 mounted in ayoke-like support 61, which support 61 is in turn mounted on the surfaceof the slide 62 by means of rivets or other locking elements, showndiagrammatically at 63. The plate 62 is slidably mounted in theguideways 64 of the supporting plate 65.

Now returning to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, and summing up the operationsheretofore described, the insertion of the coin has tripped the lever27, caused the rod 40 to drop, rocking the lever 42 on the pivot 43.This rocking raised the rod 44 which, through the bell crank lever 47,allowed the hammer 49 to descend and at the same time moved the ticketejecting mechanism through the rod 56 to its rearward position. The faceof the hammer in falling came in contact with the rear face of a ticket655 which forced the other face of said ticket against a printing ribbon66 (Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 10), which printing ribbon was forced against thenumeral then at the top of the printing wheel. This impressed saidnumeral on the face of the ticket.

In addition to the above described operations, the gravitational fallingof the vertical rod 40 causes the latch 67 to disengage a transverselever 68. This is caused by the roller 69 riding over the surface of thelatch, which latch is pivoted at 70 to a bracket 71 depending from theplate-like main support R. ()ne end of the lever 68 had been held insuspended position by means of the dog 72 on said latch. The lever 68 ispivoted at- 73 to the plate-like main support 8 and is provided at itsopposite end with a weight 74 connected by means of the upright rod 75pivoted at 76. Due to the weight 74, the lever 66 will be rocked on thepivot 73, the end of which was t'or'merly latched being Forced u'iwardly.

An. upwardly projecting adjustable screw 77 is mounted on the lever 68and as that end of the lever is forced upwardly, due to the falling ofthe weight 74, the upper end of said screw will contact the lever 42.Forcing said lever upwardly until the dog 37 again registers with thenotch 39, thus restoring the upright rod 40 and lever 42 to normalposition. This in turn will force the rod 44 downwardly, and the stud 56on one arm of the bell crank lever contacting the extension 51 ot' thehammer will force the hammer to a raised position. Simultaneously. theother arm of the hell crank being rocked backward again to normalposition will pull the rod 56 and ticket-ejecting mechanism, heretoforeex ilained. forward to eject the ticket. which has been printed asdescribed, into the recepta-cle 7 8. This receptacle 78 is provided withthe housing 79 and sight glass 80. The ticket is illustrateddiagrammatically in Fig. 11 as 65'. Intermediate the downward length ofthe receptacle 78 it is slotted, as shown at 81, for a purpose to beherein atter explained. It is to be noted at this point that the ticketis only partially ejected, being held in the receptacle 78 by means ofthe arm 82 ot'the bell crank lever. designated as a whole 83 (Figs. 11and 12), as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

Returning to the lever 68 and. referring more particularly to Fig. 9,this lever is provided with an outwardly projecting stud 84. In itsupward movement this outwardly projecting stud 8.4 rides along thecurved surface of a latch 85 pivoted at 86 on the bracket extension 71from the plate-like main support 8. This will rock said lever 85outwardly on its pivot 86, releasing the projecting stud 87 on lever 88from ei'igagcmcnt with the dog 89 on said latch. This lever 88 ismounted on the rear of the plate 8 and is also pivoted on the pivot 78.It may be pointed out that no further action takes place due to therelease of the stud 8*, the latch 85 merely being rocked backward on itspivot.

Simultaneously with the downward movement of the weight 74. the platefor unlocking the lever and closing the coin slot will be actuated, aswill now be explained. Intermediate the length of the upright rod 75 maybe connected a bracket 90. which in turn is connected to the upright rod91, shown in Figs. 4, 13 and 1.4. The upper end of this rod 91 isprovided with an enlarged head 92 normally contacting a pin 93 heldunder spring tension by means of the spring 94 in the housing 95 havingthe removable cap 90. Normally, the upright rod 91 will contact the pin93 and, through the medium of the bracket 97 pivoted at 98 to the plate99, will hold said plate in a position to lock the handle 101. This isaccomplished by means of a shoulder cut in the upper edge along one sideof the plate 99 normally adapted to engage the manually operated lever101. As the rod 91 is pulled dmvnwardly, the plate 99 will rock forwardon the pivot 98, due to the weight of the bracket 97 and the weight. ofthe pin and housing. This releases the notch 100 from engagement withthe lever 101 while simultaneously closing the coin slot in the plate102 secured by means of rivets, pins or other suitable fasteningelements 103 to the main frame. Excess forward movement of the plate 99is prevented by means of the iiotch 104 registering with the stationarypin 105 mounted on the plate 102.

As shown in Fig. 17, the plate 102 is provided with an elongated slot106 acting as a guideway for the handle. Also operatively being open.

associated with the handle and shown more particularly in Figs. 14 and15, is a plate 107 adapted to reciprocate vertically between the guidingstuds 108' on the rear of theplate 102. Intermediate its length, oneedge of the plate is provided with a cutaway portion 109 to accommodatethe lever 101 which is placed therein. The function of this plate is toat all times close the rear of the slot 106 in the plate to preventmoisture, dirt, and other foreign particles from being unintentionallyswept in through the slot opening 106.

The ticket 65. is now temporarily held in the rcceptable T8 by themovable arm 82 of the bell crank lever 83. p

'I will now describe the mechanism for moving the arm 82 into opened andclosed engagement. A projecting stud 110, adjustable by means of thescrew 111, if desired, is mounted intermed'ate the length of the rod 91.The outer enc of this stud 110 is adapted normally to contact aprojecting pin 112 mounted on the arm 113 of'the bell crank lever 83. ispivoted at 114 on the bracket 115 secured to the rear wall of thereceptacle 78. Spring tension is imposed on said bell crank lever tocause the arm 82 to contact the front face 80 of the receptacle to closesaid receptacle by means of the coil spring 116, having one end anchoredon the pin 112 and the other end on an extension 117 from the wall ofthe cabinet. Fig. 12 illustrates the normal position of this particularmechanism. The stud 110 contacts the pin 112 and has rocked the bellcrank lever 88 on its The bell crank lever 88.

pivot 114 so that the arm 82 has been removed from contact with thefront face 80 of the receptacle. said receptacle normally 7 As the rod91 is pulled downwardly in its first movement, as heretofore described,the stud 110 willbe carried with it. Due to the spring tension imposedby the spring 116, the bell crank lever 83 will rock on its pivot 114and the arm 82 will then swing through the slot 81 to contact the frontface 80 of the receptacle, thus closing it, as clearly shown in Fig. 11.

Summing up, it will be understood that the lever 42, hammer 49, andticket-ejecting mechanism 58 have been restored to normal position,ready for the next operation. However, it is neccessary to restorecertain of the other levers and associated mechanisms to normalsuspended position in order to store up power for the next operation, aswell as to completely eject the ticket so that the person standing onthe scale plat form may receive it. Now is the time when the handle 101is manually operated to perform these two operations. One of the reasonswhy the printed ticket is only partially ejected and is held by the arm82 is to require the person standing on the scale platform to acaaeavoperate the handle which restores the mechanism to normal position forthe next operation. The handle 101 (Figs. 4 and 13) is keyed on theshaft 118, mounted on the support 119 attached to the plate-like mainsupport 8. A rearwardly projecting arm 119' is pivoted on the other endof the shaft 118 and is pivotally connected at 120 to the upright rod120 pivoted at 121 to one end. of the lever 88. The plate-like mainsupport 8 is apertured at 122 to allow the arm 119 to project from thefront to the rear of the plate in order that some of themechanisms maybe disposed on the back of the plate, for convenience. This is moreclearly shown in Figs. 2, 6 and 13. A pin 123 projects from the upperend of the rod 120, forming an anchor for a coil spring 124 which isanchored at its other end in the plate 8. The function of this spring124 will be hereinafter more particularly described.

By pulling down on the handle 101, the. rod

120 is raised, which in turn rocks the lever 88 on its pivot 73, causingthe other end of said lever to be forced downwardly. As

before explained, this lever 88 has projecting from one. side a stud 87which, in its downward movement, contacts the stud 84 carried by thelever 68. The engagement of these projections 87 and 84 forces the lever68'downwardly at the same time that the lever 88 is being forceddownwardly until the end of the lever 68 becomes latched again by thedog 72 in the latch 67. It will be seen that the lever 68 is thusrestored to normal position, the weight 74 having been raised. At thesame time, due to the raising of the Weight 74 and the upright rod 7 5,the rod 91 will also be forced upwardly.

Referring again to Fig, 12, the upward movement of this rod 91 willcause the stud 110 to contact the pin 112 on the bell crank lever 83,causing said bell crank lever to rock on its pivot, thus releasing thearm 82 and allowing the printed ticket 81 to be released and fall bygravity into the receptacle 125, from which it can be easily removed bya'person standing on the scale platform. The handle 101 is then releasedand, due to the action of the spring 124, said handle will be forcedupwardly, the rod 120 being forced downwardly. This causes the lever 88to again rock on its pivot, its inner end carrying the dog 87 riding astthe surface of latch 85 until the dog 87 registers with the notch 89,which latches said lever 88 in suspended position. The machine is nowready for another operation.

Connected to the lever 88 is an upright rod 132 having the coiledtension spring 133 interposed intermediate its length and pivoted at 134to the lever 135. 'The arm 135 is pivoted at 136 to a forwardlyprojecting plate 137. The arm 138 also may be pivoted at 136, and theother end of said arm may be pivoted at 139 to the pawl 140 guided bythe pin 1 41 mounted on the face of the plate 137. The arrangement issuch that as the lever 88 is'first rocked downwardly by the rod 120 andlever 101, as explained, the rod 132 will be pulled down wardly,transmitting motion to the pawl 140 and causing said pawl to engage atooth in the toothed gear 130, rotatingsaid gear and spool for the spaceof one notch, thus presenting a new surface for printing after eachoperation of the printing hammer. The arrangement is such that theribbon strip winds u on the spool 127. When said spool is fille and thespool 126 has entirely unwound, the ribbon may be again Wound on thespool 126 and unwound from spool 127 by manually rotating the spool 126in a clockwise direction by means of the projection 129. If desired, adate printing wheel, illustrated diagrammatically at 142, may be mountedon the shaft 143 adjacent the upper portion of the printin wheel 20.This wheel 142 may be adjusted by means of the tranverse rod 144 whichhas communication through the slot 145 with the frame 4 of the machine,the arrangement being such that a key is adapted to be inserted in theslot 145 to ad-- other with the side, which is to have the weight anddate impressed upon it facing downwardly. As shown clearly in Fig. 3,the thicket magazine may be open in front. the tickets being heldtherein by means of an upright rod 148, movable upwardsand sideways inan obvious manner. A weight illustrated diagrammatically at 149, insuresuniform pressure and proper feeding of the tickets at all times. Inorder to replenish the stock of tickets at any time, the rod 148 isremoved and a supply of tickets placed in stacked form in the magazine,as heretoforedescribed. The plate 65 may be attached to the plate-likemain support 8 by I means offrivets 150, or the like. A guide 151 (Fig.3) is provided for guiding the travel of the ribbon 66.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 18

and 19, to properly guide the ticket which has been printed and which isbeing ejected, I provide the arm 152 mounted at 153 on an extension 154attached to the housing of the receptacle 78. 'I also provide the guidewires 155, the feet of which project downwardly to drop the printedticket into the receptacle 78. The guide wires 155 also function as.spring tension members to keep the ticket free of the wheel and to forcethe ticket upwardly for a slight distance after the hammer has impreseedthe weight thereon. A coil spring 156, one end of which is anchored on aprojection from the latchand the other end of which is anchored on anextension 157* of the projection 71, serves to at all times keep thelatch 85 in forward position, tending to engage the dog 87 of the lever88.

Coins inserted in the machine pass down through the coin chute 26 andare collected in the coin box 158. j A transverse supporting plate 159may be provided for the cushioning dashpot 12 and the cushioning dashpot160, cushioning the descent of the weight 74.

Summing up the foregoing description, it will be seen that the weight ofa person stepping on the scale platform 9 causes the printing wheel tobe rotated to printing position. The insertion of a coin then trips thelever 27 which sets in motion the various mechanisms described forcausing the printing hammer to descend and print the ticket andsimultaneously move the ticket-ejector mechanism backward so thatanother ticket may be placed in printing position. The restoration ofthe hammer to raised position simultaneously functions-to partiallyeject the printed ticket into the receptacle 78 where it is held untilthe lever 101 is manually operated to completely eject the ticket and atthe same time restore the mechanism to normal position for the nextoperaation. It is an advantage to lock the lever 101 until the tickethas been partially ejected. The function of this lever is to restore themechanism to normal position, and when said lever 101 is released, thecoin slot is simultaneously closed to prevent the insertion of anothercoin until the lever has been actuated. This will make the machinefoolproof and will prevent further weighing until it has beenmanipulated'to restore the power necessary for the next operation. Thishand operated lever 101 being held under spring tension will be restoredto its normal position upon release of the hand pressure used tomanipulate it. The restoring of the lever to normal position sets inforce mechanism which rocks the plate 99 to open the coin slot and lockthe lever. The machine is now ready for the next user.

I claim asmy invention:

1. In a ticket-printing and delivering weight of a person on theplatform, a ver-' tically disposed ticket magazine above the plane ofthe printing wheel, means for feed ing the bottom ticket from the stackin the magazine to the top of the printing wheel, a printing hammerarranged to fall upon a ticket at the top of the printing wheel andassociated inking mechanism, means includingcoin operated trippingmechanism for actuating the printing hammer and ticketfeeding mechanism,and means for preventing complete ejection of the printed ticketco-operatively associated with a manually operated handle adapted to bemanipulated to restore the weighing mechanisms to nor mal position andcompletely eject the ticket.

2. In a ticket-printing and delivering weighing scale, the combinationwith a frame provided with a coin slot opening, movable platform andassociated weighing mechanism parts, of a vertically disposed printingwheel actuated by the weight of a person on the platform, a. verticallydisposed ticket magazine above the plane of the printing wheel, meansfor feedmg the bottom ticket from the stack in the magazine to the topof the printing wheel, a printing hammerarranged to fall upon a ticketat the top of the printing wheel and associated inking mechanism, meansincluding coin operated tripping mechanism for actuating tie printinghammer and ticketfeeding mechanism, means for preventing completeejection of the printed ticket cooperatively associated with a manuallyoperated handle adapted to be manipulated to restore the weighingmechanisms to normal position and completely eject the ticket, and amovable plate, co-operatively associated with said hand operated leverand the coin slot opening actuated to normally lock said lever toprevent manipulation, said plate being cooperatively associated with thecoin operated tripping mechanism and adapted, when the latter isactuated, to be gravitationally released from locking engagement withsaid lever to simultaneously close the coin slot, and means forrestoring said plate to locking engagement with the lever when saidlever is manually manipulated.

3. In a ticket-printing and delivering weighing scale, the combinationwith a frame. movable platform and associated weighing mechanism parts,of a vertically disposed printing wheel actuated by the weight of aperson on the platform, a vertically disposed ticket magazine above theplane of the printing wheel, means for feeding the bottom ticket fromthe stack in the magazine to the top of the printing wheel, a printinghammer arranged to fall upon a parts, of a vertically ticket at the topof the printing wheel and adapted to be manipulate associated inkingmechanism, means including coin oplerated tripping mechanism foractuating t e printing hammer and ticketfeeding mechanism, movable meansfunctioned by the coin operated tripping mechanism acting to preventcomplete ejection of the'ticket, and a manuall to actuate said movablemeans to completely eject the ticket and simultaneously restore theweighing mechanisms to normal position.

4. In a ticket-printing and deliveringweighing scale, the combinationwith a frame provided with acoin receiving opening, movable platform andassociated weighing mechanism arts, of a vertically disposed printing weel actuated by the Wei ht of a person on the platform, a verticallyisprintin to the top of the printing wheel, a prmting' posed ticketmagazine above the plane of the wheeL- means for feeding the bottom ticet from the stack in the magazine operable lever hammer arranged to fallupona ticket atthe top of the printing wheel and associated "inking,mechanism, means including coin 'in to prevent complete 'ejection of thetic et, a manually operated lever adapted to be manipulated to actuatesaid movable means to completely eject the ticket and simultaneouslyrestore the weighing mecha nisms to normal position, a movable platenormally locking said hand operated lever and functioned by the coinoperated trippin mechanism to release said handv operated lever formanual manipulation and simultaneously close the coin receiving opening,and means for restoring said movable plate to lock said hand operatedlever and simultaneously open the coin receiving opening when said leverllS manually manipulated.

GUSTAV'F. HOOHRIEM.

